Psychosocial and emotional adjustment for children with pediatric cancer and their primary caregivers and the impact on their health-related quality of life during the first 6 months

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-634

  Tsai, Ming Horng ^a,b,c   Hsu, Jen Fu ^b   Chou, Wen Jiun ^a   Yang, Chao Ping ^a,b   Jaing, Tang Her ^a,b   Hung, Iou Jih ^a,b   Liang, Hwey Fang ^c   Huang, Hsuan Rong ^b   Huang, Yu Shu ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Psychosocial adjustment; Quality of life; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; TIME; ETIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876469551     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0176-9     Document Type: Article

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